Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Cinnamon Bun Fun! Ice Cream

We are getting close to wrapping up summer (it was in the 50s here yesterday morning!) and for the most part, I've done a decent job staying away from ice cream this summer compared to prior summers.  Now, chocolate chip cookies are something entirely different, but that's a story for a different day.  Anyway, a recent sale and coupon at Marsh (along with a chance at more Marsh Monopoly game pieces) prompted me to add to my Edy's review collection and pick up this 1.5 quart container of Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Cinnamon Bun Fun! Ice Cream for $3.00 (with coupon).  It's a limited edition out of their "Bakery Treats" line, so I'm not sure how long this will actually be out there (it might be gone from most places already!).  Each container has twelve servings and each half-cup size serving is 160 calories, so it's not terribly bad from a caloric perspective.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Sunny Salted Caramel Pretzel Ice Cream

Unless I'm doing a specific week dedicated to a particular product manufacturer or theme, I usually like to spread out the reviews.  But, since yesterday's Edy's review and today's review are of limited edition summer-related products and summer traditionally is considered over after the upcoming Labor Day weekend, I've got to abandon my typical tactics and post a review of today's Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Sunny Salted Caramel Pretzel Ice Cream before it disappears off the shelves.  Like yesterday's review, I got this one on sale at Kroger for $2.99 and each container contains the classic twelve half-cup servings.  Each of those servings scores out at 150 calories, so for a full-powered ice cream, albeit one made with skim milk, that's not so bad.  As with yesterday's baseball themed review, Edy's has decided to tie what is seemingly a basic flavor combination to summer by calling this "Sunny."  I'm still not sure how that works, but I'll play along.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand 3 Stripes You're Out Ice Cream

When I think of summer, I often think of fresh fruit and baseball, among other things.  It's only natural then that an ice cream company, like Edy's would try and take some of those things and match them together to make a limited edition summertime release.  With that, I picked up a 1.5 quart container of Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand 3 Stripes You're Out Ice Cream on sale at Kroger for $2.99 during a recent super sale to add to my growing Edy's catalog.  Each typical half-cup serving (there's twelve of them) come in with 130 calories per serving.  Now, I understand that fresh fruit (in this case strawberries and blueberries) are summertime things, but I've never really seen how baseball and berries fit together other than the summer tie-in.  Pretty strange that Edy's would try to brand those two together.

Review: Edy's (Dreyer's) Grand Rocky Road Ice Cream

I've had a lot of Edy's flavors that I've tried out here on the blog, but I've mostly stayed away from the "regular" Edy's flavors for whatever reason.  Maybe because I've found those flavors boring, but on a recent trip to Meijer, I decided to make the leap and try out one of their regular "Rich & Creamy Grand" flavors with this review of the Edy's Grand Rocky Road Ice Cream.  While Rocky Road is about as traditional of a flavor as you can get, I've never really found it even remotely interesting despite the presence of several things that I love (chocolate, marshmallows and almonds).  So, the fact that I've stayed away so long is odd.  Regardless, I picked up a 1.5 quart container of this on sale for $2.50 and each container contains twelve half-cup servings at 160 calories per serving.